EP1230866A1 - Dispositif d'éclairage pour articles chaussants - Google Patents

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EP1230866A1
EP1230866A1 EP02002688A EP02002688A EP1230866A1 EP 1230866 A1 EP1230866 A1 EP 1230866A1 EP 02002688 A EP02002688 A EP 02002688A EP 02002688 A EP02002688 A EP 02002688A EP 1230866 A1 EP1230866 A1 EP 1230866A1
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Gianfranco Amici
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B1/00—Footwear characterised by the material
    • A43B1/0027—Footwear characterised by the material made at least partially from a material having special colours
    • A43B1/0036—Footwear characterised by the material made at least partially from a material having special colours with fluorescent or phosphorescent parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/34—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use with electrical or electronic arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/34—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use with electrical or electronic arrangements
    • A43B3/36—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use with electrical or electronic arrangements with light sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/08—Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet

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  • the present invention relates to a lighting device, specifically designed for application to footwear articles, such as slippers and the like.
  • the aim of the present invention is to overcome the above mentioned problem, by providing a lighting system which can be easily and quickly driven by the user.
  • a main object of the invention is to provide such a lighting device which has a small weight and size.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such a lighting device which is designed for automatically operating, as it is required, without any operations by the user.
  • a lighting device characterized in that it comprises a holding body designed for application to a supporting element, forming a portion of a footwear article, by a resilient clip, and comprising lighting means power supplied by one or more power supply batteries and driven by a seismic switch, which is in turn controlled by a crepuscular switch.
  • the crepuscular switch is designed for allowing electric power to be supplied only as the environment brightness level is less than a set value, timer means being moreover provided, actuated by the seismic switch and designed for switching off the power supply means, after a given rest or inactive period of the seismic switch.
  • the lighting device according to the present invention which has indicated by the reference number 1, comprises a holding body 2, which can be applied to a supporting element, such as, for example, the edge portion of an upper 3 of a footwear article 4, such as a slipper or the like.
  • said holding body 2 can be applied to said supporting element by a resilient clip comprising, in the disclosed embodiment, a plate clip 5, which can be resiliently associated with the holding body 2, thereby defining a preferably closed position, due to the provision of a spring or other resilient element, encompassing the supporting element 3.
  • a resilient clip comprising, in the disclosed embodiment, a plate clip 5, which can be resiliently associated with the holding body 2, thereby defining a preferably closed position, due to the provision of a spring or other resilient element, encompassing the supporting element 3.
  • the holding body 2 holds therein lighting means, which are advantageously constituted by low power consume devices, such as LED diodes 6, power supplied by one or more batteries 7, which are advantageously also housed inside said holding body 2.
  • lighting means which are advantageously constituted by low power consume devices, such as LED diodes 6, power supplied by one or more batteries 7, which are advantageously also housed inside said holding body 2.
  • the power supply control is performed by a seismic switch, i.e. a switch designed for detecting a displacement or the presence of a user foot in the slipper, to close a dedicated electric circuit.
  • a seismic switch i.e. a switch designed for detecting a displacement or the presence of a user foot in the slipper, to close a dedicated electric circuit.
  • the mentioned seismic switch and, accordingly, said lighting means can be actuated or switched on only through a crepuscular switch, designed to supply electric power only as the environment brightness level is less than a preset value.
  • the lighting device according to the invention further comprises timer means, for switching off the lighting means, after a set period from the actuation of the seismic switch.
  • Figure 5 show an exemplary embodiment of a control circuit for controlling the light beam emitted by the LED diode device 6.
  • the control system or unit comprises a voltage source, constituted by the battery 7, a seismic switch 8, a crepuscular switch 9, an AND gate 13, a timer 10, a flip-flop 11, a limiting resistor 12 and a LED diode 6.
  • the battery 7 provides the current required for power supplying the LED diode 6, in the case in which both the seismic switch 8 and crepuscular switch 9 are closed, i.e. in the presence of both a movement and a low level environmental illumination.
  • the battery can power supply the LED diode 6 only as the flip-flop 11 input signal switches from a high condition (both said switches 8 and 9 being closed) to a low condition.
  • At least one of the mentioned switches, actually, is opened as one of the above mentioned conditions is lacking.
  • the level switching at the input of the flip-flop 11 will provide a high level at the output of said flip-flop and, accordingly, a high level at the input (a) of AND gate 13.
  • the output of the AND gate 13 will be also at a high level, thereby actuating the timer circuit 10 to power supply the LED diode for a preset period of time.
  • the timer or timing circuit 10 can comprise an integrate circuit of the NE555 type, which can be easily obtained on the market.
  • the lighting device according to the present invention operates as follows.
  • the user can remove said slippers, thereby causing the timer to immediately switch the lighting device off.
  • the invention provides a lighting device which can be easily applied to footwear articles, and which is automatically actuated at the use time.
  • the device allows the user to easily wear his/her slipper, without the need of switching lamps on, without disturbing other sleeping persons.
  • the crepuscular switch is designed for actuating the lighting system only as the environment lighting is not sufficient, so as to prevent unnecessary electric power from being consumed.
  • the provision of the timer moreover, prevents the user from switching-off the device.
  • the device furthermore, can be applied to any desired footwear article and, owing to its small size and weight, it can be easily shipped.
  • the device has been disclosed with reference to an advantageous embodiment thereof, it should be apparent that it can be used in several different applications, such as an emergency light, when travelling, camping and in any desired places, in which an illumination source does not exist.
  • the used materials, and the contingent size and shapes can be any, according to requirements and the status of the art.
  • the subject lighting device can be built-in in the body of footwear articles and slippers in general.

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ITMI010276 2001-02-09
IT2001MI000276A ITMI20010276A1 (it) 2001-02-09 2001-02-09 Dispositivo di illuminazione particolarmente studiato per essere applicato a calzature

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US5746500A (en) * 1996-10-28 1998-05-05 Chien; Tseng-Lu Illuminated laces for footwear
US6094141A (en) * 1999-05-03 2000-07-25 Tsai; Ching-Tien Low power-consumption luminous decorative/warning means

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GB2412286A (en) * 2004-03-23 2005-09-28 Mario Demetriou Footware incorporating a torch lighting device
CN104366878A (zh) * 2014-11-19 2015-02-25 陈伟群 一种带有挂环的拖鞋

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